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The Chemosphere is a modernist house in Los Angeles, California, designed by John Lautner in 1960. The building, which the Encyclopædia Britannica once called "the most modern home built in the world", [1] is admired both for the ingenuity of its solution to the problem of the site and for its unique octagonal design.
Morgan, Walls & Clements was an architectural firm based in Los Angeles, California and responsible for many of the city's landmarks, dating back to the late 19th century. [ 1 ] Morgan, Walls & Clements earliest precursor, Kysor & Hennessy , consisted of partners Ezra F. Kysor and John F. Hennessy , [ 2 ] then in 1880, Hennessy left and the ...
It remained in the Hale Family until it was acquired by the museum in 1970, as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (No. 40). The exterior colors of Hale House were reproduced from chips of the original colors found on the house during restoration. The interior has been restored to represent the rooms as they may have appeared in 1899.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Morgan paid $32,000 (equivalent to $470,000 in 2020). By the end of World War II, Morgan had returned to France. In 1944, the house was sold to Dr. Hartley Dewey and his wife Louise, where they converted the barbeque shelter into a guest house and added a dressing room for the pool.
The house was inherited by Hale's niece, Odena Johnson, who stated her desire to dispose of it as soon as possible. [9] When plans were announced to demolish the house and build a chrome and steel gas station in its place, [6] the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission stopped the demolition temporarily by declaring the house a Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM #40) in 1966.
Harbor View House, formerly the Army and Navy Y.M.C.A., is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM #252) located in the San Pedro section of Los Angeles, California, near the Port of Los Angeles. It is a five-story Spanish Colonial Revival style structure located on a bluff overlooking the harbor.
Despite the merger, the Sunset and Gower studios provided the soundstages for popular television shows like Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie. [7] In 1976, the property was purchased by the Pick Vanoff Company for $6.2 million. [8] The name was changed to "Sunset Gower Studios" and the lot became a rental facility for independent film companies.
Upon his arrival in Virginia City c.1865, Kysor established himself as a carpenter. [2] He may also have maintained an architectural office. [1] By 1868, however, he had settled in Los Angeles, California, as an architect.